60NYT > Robert Pitofskytopics.nytimes.com/top/reference/timestopics/people/p/robert_pitofsky/index.html?rss=1News about Robert Pitofsky, including commentary and archival articles published in The New York Times.Copyright 2014 The New York Times Companyen-usTue 03 Mar 2015 20:16:03 -0500http://static01.nyt.com/images/section/NytSectionHeader.gifNYThttp://www.nytimes.comThe Regulatory Signals Shift; F.T.C. Serves as Case Study of Differences Under Bushhttp://www.nytimes.com/2001/06/12/business/the-regulatory-signals-shift-ftc-serves-as-case-study-of-differences-under-bush.html?partner=rssnyt&emc=rssTimothy J. Muris, the new chairman of the Federal Trade Commission, watched with his newly assembled staff from the back of the crowded room last week as his predecessor, Robert Pitofsky, delivered his valedictory address after six years leading the...By STEPHEN LABATONTue, 12 Jun 2001 00:00:00 -0400http://www.nytimes.com/2001/06/12/business/the-regulatory-signals-shift-ftc-serves-as-case-study-of-differences-under-bush.html?partner=rssnyt&emc=rssAgency Faults Music Industry for Violent Materialhttp://www.nytimes.com/2001/04/25/us/agency-faults-music-industry-for-violent-material.html?partner=rssnyt&emc=rssThe music recording industry has continued to market violent and sexually explicit material to young people through television and print advertisements, the Federal Trade Commission said today. In releasing a report that it called a ''snapshot of...Wed, 25 Apr 2001 00:00:00 -0400http://www.nytimes.com/2001/04/25/us/agency-faults-music-industry-for-violent-material.html?partner=rssnyt&emc=rssF.T.C. Finds No Evidence of Collusion in Pricing of Gasolinehttp://www.nytimes.com/2001/03/02/business/ftc-finds-no-evidence-of-collusion-in-pricing-of-gasoline.html?partner=rssnyt&emc=rssFederal investigators found no evi dence that oil companies conspired to overcharge Midwestern motorists last summer, when gasoline prices in Chicago, Milwaukee and other cities rose above $2 a gallon, according to a letter from...Fri, 02 Mar 2001 00:00:00 -0500http://www.nytimes.com/2001/03/02/business/ftc-finds-no-evidence-of-collusion-in-pricing-of-gasoline.html?partner=rssnyt&emc=rssTwo Become One, and Then What?http://www.nytimes.com/2000/12/15/business/media-megadeal-the-new-company-two-become-one-and-then-what.html?partner=rssnyt&emc=rssWith the tough restrictions imposed by the Federal Trade Commission, falling stock prices and the clouded economic outlook, America Online and Time Warner face some significant speed bumps as they try to achieve their grand visions of being the media...By SAUL HANSELLFri, 15 Dec 2000 00:00:00 -0500http://www.nytimes.com/2000/12/15/business/media-megadeal-the-new-company-two-become-one-and-then-what.html?partner=rssnyt&emc=rssScholarly Regulator Guides Antitrust Law Into New Agehttp://www.nytimes.com/2000/12/11/us/public-lives-scholarly-regulator-guides-antitrust-law-into-new-age.html?partner=rssnyt&emc=rssROBERT PITOFSKY is amused at the thought that the same law that spawned the Federal Trade Commission early in the last century also gives that agency the authority to regulate the Internet. ''The agency started in 1914,'' Mr. Pitofsky explains...By STEPHEN LABATONMon, 11 Dec 2000 00:00:00 -0500http://www.nytimes.com/2000/12/11/us/public-lives-scholarly-regulator-guides-antitrust-law-into-new-age.html?partner=rssnyt&emc=rssWhite House and Agency Split on Internet Privacyhttp://www.nytimes.com/2000/05/23/business/white-house-and-agency-split-on-internet-privacy.html?partner=rssnyt&emc=rssClinton administration officials today threw cold water on a proposal by the Federal Trade Commission for legislation to protect consumer privacy on the Internet. But the commission chairman said failure to put new federal privacy-protection...By STEPHEN LABATONTue, 23 May 2000 00:00:00 -0400http://www.nytimes.com/2000/05/23/business/white-house-and-agency-split-on-internet-privacy.html?partner=rssnyt&emc=rssU.S. Is Moving to Crack Down On Discount Telephone Serviceshttp://www.nytimes.com/2000/03/02/business/us-is-moving-to-crack-down-on-discount-telephone-services.html?partner=rssnyt&emc=rssThe federal government said today that it would begin to crack down on what it said was widespread deception in the way discount telephone services have been promoted. The crackdown was announced by the Federal Communications Commission and the...By STEPHEN LABATONThu, 02 Mar 2000 00:00:00 -0500http://www.nytimes.com/2000/03/02/business/us-is-moving-to-crack-down-on-discount-telephone-services.html?partner=rssnyt&emc=rssEconomic Scene; If doctors win the right to organize, patients could lose.http://www.nytimes.com/1999/07/08/business/economic-scene-if-doctors-win-the-right-to-organize-patients-could-lose.html?partner=rssnyt&emc=rssA CLOSELY divided American Medical Association, which represents about a third of the nation's physicians, has voted to form a union to represent its members in collective bargaining with health plans, hospitals and universities. The rise of managed...By Michael M. WeinsteinThu, 08 Jul 1999 00:00:00 -0400http://www.nytimes.com/1999/07/08/business/economic-scene-if-doctors-win-the-right-to-organize-patients-could-lose.html?partner=rssnyt&emc=rssGains Seen in Consumer Privacy on Internethttp://www.nytimes.com/1999/05/13/us/gains-seen-in-consumer-privacy-on-internet.html?partner=rssnyt&emc=rssA new study of consumer privacy on the Internet shows that nearly two-thirds of commercial Web sites display some type of warning if they collect personal information, a sharp increase since last year. ''This is a remarkable improvement, but there...By JERI CLAUSINGThu, 13 May 1999 00:00:00 -0400http://www.nytimes.com/1999/05/13/us/gains-seen-in-consumer-privacy-on-internet.html?partner=rssnyt&emc=rssU.S. Cracking Down on Internet's Information Brokershttp://www.nytimes.com/1999/04/23/us/us-cracking-down-on-internet-s-information-brokers.html?partner=rssnyt&emc=rssThe Federal Government today began cracking down on the deceptive practices of a proliferating number of private investigators who advertise on the Internet that they can inexpensively provide confidential details about bank accounts and telephone...By STEPHEN LABATONFri, 23 Apr 1999 00:00:00 -0400http://www.nytimes.com/1999/04/23/us/us-cracking-down-on-internet-s-information-brokers.html?partner=rssnyt&emc=rss